8 November 2013 - Against Child Trafficking
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8 November 2013 - Against Child Trafficking
M. PJ. KUiJPER EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General Enlargement The Acting Director-General _ , 0 5 OCT. 2004 Brussels, ELARG/BAR D(2004) 104459 SERVICE J'iJRiDIQl NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR. JONATHAN FAULIL DIRECTOR GENERAL DG JAI ARH ' " i,: t W 2 SM* Subiect: JAI-Acquis - status of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was placed on the JAI-Acquis list in 1998, as part of the Human Rights related instruments to which candidate countries must accede. This Convention, like other UN Conventions, was considered "inseparable from the attainment of the objectives of the Union". We have noted that the October 2003 and September 2004 JAI-Acquis-Updates no longer list the UNCRC among the conventions to which the candidate countries must accede. Since the UNCRC is one of the main human rights conventions, we would request to restore it on the Fabrizio Barbaso cc. Mr. Michel PETITE (Legal Service) Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 И. Office: CHAR 4/116. Telephone: direct line (32-2) 2956739. Fax: (32-2) 2968490. Telex : COMEU B21877. Telegraphic address: COMEUR Brussels p. KUUPEB •¿r • • • • EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS ťr The Director-General m Brussels, 2 9 OCT. 2004 JAI/A/2/WH-mc D (2004) 9972 NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR FABRIZIO BARBASO DIRECTOR-GENERAL F.F., DG ELARG Subject: JHA acquis - status of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Ref.: Your note of 5 October ELARG/BAR D(2004) 104459 Thank you for your note concerning the inclusion of the above-mentioned Convention in the list of JHA acquis. To prepare for the accession of the new Member States, DG ELARG compiled in 2003, in close cooperation with concerned line DGs and the Legal Service, a Hst of international conventions that new Member States should accept upon accession. After discussions with the Legal Service, it was agreed not to include on the· list the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as no direct obligations for Member States could be clearly derived from EU legislation in this area. However, at the time Commission services were not aware of a Council document from 1998 on the JHA acquis (JAI 7 ELARG 51) which listed the Convention as being inseparable from the attainment of the objectives of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty of Amsterdam. As we have now ascertained, this document was approved by Coreper on 3 June 1998 and then went as an "A" item to the Council. In these circumstances, we will, as you requested in your note, restore the UNConvention on the Rights of the Child to the list of JHA acquis and inform TAIEX accordingly. Jonathan Faull Cc : MsśBetiie^Łegal Service) Mr Jung Olsen (TAIEX) European Commission - B-1049 Brussels - Belgium - Office: LX46 7/53 Telephone: direct line (+32-2)296.67.12, switchboard 299.11.11. Fax: 296.76.35. D/005/01 11/8/13 Gmail - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Roelie Post <[email protected]> UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [email protected] <[email protected]> 3 July 2013 09:48 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Dear Roelie, At present, only countries may be parties to the UNCRC. The EU has not ratified the UNCRC so it cannot be considered as EU acquis. As you probably know, DG JUSTICE has an overall coordination role for the rights of the child, within the European Commission, as set out in the 2006 Communication. I attach a link to a list of EU acquis and policy documents on the rights of the child that you may find of interest. In the introduction, you will see some references to how we use the UNCRC in our work. http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/files/eu_acquis_2013_en.pdf Best regards, Margaret Tuite Commission coordinator for the rights of the child European Commission DG JUSTICE - Unit C1 Fundamental rights and rights of the child M059 5/80 B-1049 Brussels/Belgium +32 2 2953567 [email protected] 7th European Forum on the rights of the child: http://ec.europa.eu/justi ce/fundamental-ri ghts/ri ghts-chi ld/european-forum/seventhmeeti ng/i ndex_en.htm EU children's rights website: http://ec.europa.eu/0-18/ Children's Rights on Europa: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/rights-child/index_en.htm MS Fundamental Right pages: https://e-justi ce.europa.eu/content_fundamental_ri ghts-176-en.do DG Justice calls for proposals (grants): http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/grants/index_en.htm https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c7c9455e8d&view=pt&q=Tuite&qs=true&search=query&msg=13fa3816a216a1b7&dsqt=1 1/3 11/8/13 Gmail - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child From: RECIL Agatte Patricia (JUST) Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:07 AM To: TUITE Margaret (JUST) Subject: FW: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Dear Margaret, Can you please give info on this? Thanks. Agatte From: Roelie Post [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 9:45 PM To: RECIL Agatte Patricia (JUST) Subject: Re: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Dear Ms. Recil, I kindly ask you to acknowledge receipt of my mail, as well as letting me know to whom it was forwarded for reply. Thanks in advance, Roelie Post On 26 June 2013 14:49, Roelie Post <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Ms. Recil, I received an automatic reply that Ms. Saastamoinen is on leave. May I ask you to forward this to someone else in your unit? Thanks in advance, https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c7c9455e8d&view=pt&q=Tuite&qs=true&search=query&msg=13fa3816a216a1b7&dsqt=1 2/3 11/8/13 Gmail - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Roelie Post ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Roelie Post <[email protected]> Date: 26 June 2013 14:21 Subject: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child To: [email protected] Dear Ms. Saastamoinen, I am interested to know the status of the UNCRC. Is it part of the acquis list of DG JUST, or another DG? If so, can you please provide me a link where I can find that info, as I could not find it online. Thanks in advance, Roelie Post http://againstchildtrafficking.org http://www.romania-forexportonly.eu ACT fully depends on private funding. We are entirely grateful for donations so that we can continue and expand our work Please follow us on Twitter@ACT_ACT https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c7c9455e8d&view=pt&q=Tuite&qs=true&search=query&msg=13fa3816a216a1b7&dsqt=1 3/3